TourX have conventional cruise control? Questions on mid year changes.

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First let me start with how I came to ask this questions. We were on a 3 hour trip driving in a freezing rain storm, roads were salted but the windshield was freezing up. Max defrost was not keeping up with the ice and the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) cut out due to the ice. We looked in the manual for how to engage traditional cruise control and could not find anything. I was frustrated in having to do the trip without cruise. I couldn't believe you couldn't select zero for the gap setting. After the fact, I was looking through the "Getting to know your 2018 Regal TourX" pamphlet and found where it says you can hold the cruise Cancel button on the steering wheel and the ACC would switch between regular cruise and ACC. We tried that and it didn't work. Through other post we found we have one of the earlier builds of the TourX as it does not have the SD card slot next to the USB ports in the center console. So does anyone know if this is a shortcoming of the early build and is a feature of the later 2018 builds?

Secondly, does anyone know what month build incorporated the SD card slot and any other mid year Improvements?

Finally, I would like to understand all of the improvements made in the 2018 mid year change so that I could consider if any upgrades are worth doing. In my Pontiac G8 the 2008 had glove box lights but my 2009 didn't so I ordered the 2008 harness and light fixture for $38 and installed the glove box lights. I may consider upgrades if some of the changes are worth doing.

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First let me start with how I came to ask this questions. We were on a 3 hour trip driving in a freezing rain storm, roads were salted but the windshield was freezing up. Max defrost was not keeping up with the ice and the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) cut out due to the ice. We looked in the manual for how to engage traditional cruise control and could not find anything. I was frustrated in having to do the trip without cruise. I couldn't believe you couldn't select zero for the gap setting. After the fact, I was looking through the "Getting to know your 2018 Regal TourX" pamphlet and found where it says you can hold the cruise Cancel button on the steering wheel and the ACC would switch between regular cruise and ACC. We tried that and it didn't work. Through other post we found we have one of the earlier builds of the TourX as it does not have the SD card slot next to the USB ports in the center console. So does anyone know if this is a shortcoming of the early build and is a feature of the later 2018 builds?

Secondly, does anyone know what month build incorporated the SD card slot and any other mid year Improvements?

Finally, I would like to understand all of the improvements made in the 2018 mid year change so that I could consider if any upgrades are worth doing. In my Pontiac G8 the 2008 had glove box lights but my 2009 didn't so I ordered the 2008 harness and light fixture for $38 and installed the glove box lights. I may consider upgrades if some of the changes are worth doing.

Not sure if it’s been fully verified, but the SD card slot seems to be for map updates. There is the potential that V1 of the UI can’t accept these updates through SD so putting that in would serve no purpose.

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Understanding your request for information and you may get bits and pieces, this has been asked before so you may want to check out the forum. But any updates on hardware and software are dependent on the vehicle that will be used in.

The assumption that someone has gone through a check box on when and what changes have happened, if it's a upgradable feature and what build it will work on is probably better asked at the dealer level or Buick directly with your VIN#. This may help in getting a more direct answer on your questions about your specific vehicle build information and looking at your RPO codes.

Some dealer may be helpful and knowledgeable, others not so much. Hopefully you can find one that can help or point you in the right direction.

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Not sure if it’s been fully verified, but the SD card slot seems to be for map updates. There is the potential that V1 of the UI can’t accept these updates through SD so putting that in would serve no purpose.

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That's good to know, thanks. That’s the perfect way to store your music library- out of the way and always available. That’s the equivalent to what I have now in my 2008 Dodge which stores music on a hard drive (along with the map data) as part of the head unit. Part of the confusion is how these systems have evolved over the years. My car uses a hard drive system. My wife’s 2014 Ford has an SD card in the console, but it’s dedicated to the Nav system. To update the maps, you remove the old card and pop in a new one and, voila, you have updated maps. In her car, I believe the card must stay loaded in order for Nav to work.

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That's wierd. I have music on a USB drive, and my car has the nav SD card in the slot. My wife's Subaru Outback has a microSD on the radio headunit for nav, under a cover. Don't know why you'd need 2 USB slots AND an SD all for music, unless you're charging two phones on USB while listening to SD music. Good to know the music system will scan all sources, and the SD isn't dedicated to nav.

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First let me start with how I came to ask this questions. We were on a 3 hour trip driving in a freezing rain storm, roads were salted but the windshield was freezing up. Max defrost was not keeping up with the ice and the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) cut out due to the ice. We looked in the manual for how to engage traditional cruise control and could not find anything. I was frustrated in having to do the trip without cruise. I couldn't believe you couldn't select zero for the gap setting. After the fact, I was looking through the "Getting to know your 2018 Regal TourX" pamphlet and found where it says you can hold the cruise Cancel button on the steering wheel and the ACC would switch between regular cruise and ACC. We tried that and it didn't work. Through other post we found we have one of the earlier builds of the TourX as it does not have the SD card slot next to the USB ports in the center console. So does anyone know if this is a shortcoming of the early build and is a feature of the later 2018 builds?

Secondly, does anyone know what month build incorporated the SD card slot and any other mid year Improvements?

Finally, I would like to understand all of the improvements made in the 2018 mid year change so that I could consider if any upgrades are worth doing. In my Pontiac G8 the 2008 had glove box lights but my 2009 didn't so I ordered the 2008 harness and light fixture for $38 and installed the glove box lights. I may consider upgrades if some of the changes are worth doing.

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I had the acc drop out the other day going in to work. May have been due to the frequency of acceleration and deceleration of the flow of traffic. The holding or pressing of the cancel button does not cycle to a normal cruise like the manual says. (Post update build).

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